Don't You Want Me / Seconds

by The Human League

Don't You Want Me / Seconds cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 27 November 1981
  • Label: Virgin
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 8:54
  • Community rating: 4.02/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Martin Rushent

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Philip Oakey initially disliked this track so strongly that he relegated it to the end of the 'Dare' album and fought Virgin Records against releasing it as a single. Driven by a massive Linn LM-1 drum machine beat and Roland Jupiter-4 synth bass, the song's dual-narrative vocal structure (featuring Joanne Catherall) proved incredibly infectious. It became the Christmas number one of 1981, defining the global synth-pop explosion.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, breakup, rhythmic, electronic, british

Tracklist

  1. Don't You Want Me (3:56)
  2. Seconds (4:58)

Credits

  • Jo Callis - written-by
  • Philip Adrian Wright - written-by
  • Philip Oakey - written-by

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